MECHANICALDESIGN & DEVELOPMENT Accelerate workflows to keep production

schedules on time

Rail manufacturers face challenges that impede mechanical

design and development and the on-time delivery of locomotives,

rolling stock, and control systems. Design activities can be fragmented

when team members work in isolation, and without access to each

other’s development efforts, many handoffs must occur to move designs

forward. Engineering teams also struggle to understand poorly-defined

manufacturing plant capabilities and standards. All of this results in

errors across the design process. The resulting product changes and

the configuration management process then slow down development,

delaying engineering task completion. This in turn prevents manu-

facturing schedules from operating according to plan.

“ We faced a challenging year with tight deadlines, but we

succeeded in delivering our designs on time thanks to the QuEST

team. They are very competent at integrating mechanical design and development processes so that they always flow smoothly.”

— Lead design manager, multinational rail manufacturer based in Europe

PROVEN RESULTS

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Eliminating Errors Ensures On-Time Projects

QuEST leverages a local-global resource delivery

model featuring a combination of onsite and

near-site engineers supported by global experts.

Our deep rail industry knowledge allows us to

streamline design and development processes.

Another key enabler is our standardized

statement-of-work, which controls and

manages inputs and deliverables. Leveraging

best practices proven to work in the rail industry,

we make certain the scope is clear to eliminate

design errors and ensure projects are completed

on time.

Continuously Advancing Design and Development

QuEST Global helps rail manufacturers solve their

mechanical design and development challenges.

We collaborate closely with your internal teams,

enabling you to bundle activities together and

better integrate the three design phases:

Our approach enables us to handle as much of

the overall development process as you require.

And our agility to respond to changes quickly

ensures design progress keeps moving forward

at the necessary rate.

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Proven Results: Rail Manufacturer Decreases Design Release Time

A large rail manufacturer turned to QuEST for help in improving the design of interior subsystems.

QuEST recommended adapting the existing design and delivered solutions for both concept and preliminary

design, resulting in improved release and change-management cycle time while also ensuring control over

design configurations.

QUEST SOLUTION

• Recommended adapting the existing standard platform design

• Delivered solutions for concept design and preliminary design

• Documented a best-practices approach

• Finalized engineering data and released the design to manufacturing

QUEST MISSION

• Design interior subsystems including sidewall paneling, luggage rack installations, bicycle stowage, and roof electrical harnesses

• Decreased design release time by 40 percent

• Improved the change-management cycle time

• Ensured control over design configurationsdesign configurationsdesign configurations

RESULTS

Mechanical Design and Development

Executed with Precision

By clearly defining engineering processes and taking

ownership of workstreams, QuEST executes design and

development projects with precision—every time. Leveraging

our deep rail industry experience, we provide a range of

Mechanical Design & Development services that help you

accelerate release cycles:

ORDER FULFILLMENT

Provides component and subsystem installation and

integration solutions across vehicle zones, including

concept, preliminary, and detailed designs for new

projects.

PRODUCT DEFINITION

Creates and updates 3D models, delivers fully-checked

manufacturing and assembly drawings, and generates

model-based definitions across CAD platforms.

ENGINEERING CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Manages end-to-end engineering change processes,

engineering investigations, change implementations,

and process governance.

NONCONFORMANCE DISPOSITION

Ensures speedy disposition and reduction of

manufacturing issues at the component and

subassembly levels.

COST ENGINEERING

Offers a turnkey process to drive product cost reductions

through a structured approach and by incorporating

value engineering concepts.

Consistent Design and

Development Processes

To help rail manufacturers complete designs for

locomotives, rolling stock, and control systems on-time,

QuEST Mechanical Design & Development services

bundle design phases and streamline development

hand-off processes. This in turn helps manufacturing

plants produce at expected output rates. Our proven

approach, based on industry best practices, helps rail

companies accelerate design release times and ensure

engineering design and development processes run

consistently on schedule.

QuEST: Your Partner for

Synergistic Collaboration

Our expertise in modern software technologies, agile

methods and rail domain-specific standards enable us to

design engineering processes that significantly reduce your

development costs. We also understand the value of working

closely with our customers. By collaborating effectively, we

can create synergistic solutions that meet the needs of

your customers.

To learn how QuEST Global’s

transformative engineering solutions

can help you succeed, contact:

salesenquiries@quest-global.com or visit quest-global.com

QuEST Expertise

Combining rail experience with

proficiency in applying engineering

best practices across multiple

manufacturing industries, QuEST

leverages a proven delivery model

that utilizes a combination of local

and global resources. In addition to

consistently delivering engineering

designs on-time for large, complex

projects, we apply a methodology

that enables rail manufacturers to

easily integrate our engineering

services into product development

and production workflows—with

minimal drag on internal resources.

QuEST Global is a trusted engineering services and solutions partner to many of the world’s most

recognized Fortune 500 brands in aerospace and defense, medical device, power, and transportation.

For more than 20 years, QuEST has been a trusted partner providing comprehensive support across the

complete engineering lifecycle to help our customers improve efficiency, increase quality, create new

products, and open new markets. Through a collaborative and customized approach, QuEST enables

its customers to manage traditional engineering requirements as well as the convergence of digital and

mechanical technology to help them create safe, dependable, and high-quality products and services.

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